Open Source

At first glance, Nokia’s Jan. 28 purchase of a small Norwegian open-source software company seems a confusing strategic shift. After all, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones has long resisted the idea of using the grassroots Linux operating syst Nokia's Trolltech Grab Hurts Rivals : Read...

Joomla.org has released the download of version 1.5 of its open source content management system, previously code-named Khepri. The software, which had been in development for more than two years, is offered as a "stable" version, but the developers do Joomla 1.5 CMS Released : Read more

Redmond (WA) - As part of 2004 EU anti-monopoly decision which mandates that Microsoft open up part of its Windows operating systems to third party developers, Microsoft today has finally agreed to some of the terms. Microsoft will license proprietary Windows Protocols To Be Open-Source : Read...

We all knew this was coming, but MS is claiming that a large amount of Open Source software, including Linux, Open Office, unnamed Open Source email clients (Thunderbird?), and others violate 235 of their patents: Microsoft takes on the "free" world and MS demands royalties for open-source...